“I wish I didn’t have to show up in these dresses — we look like demi-gods when we show up.”

“After all, how many ways can one heart be mangled and still be expected to keep beating?”

“You will always be my Bella.”

“Surely it was a good way to die,in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.”

“I wish I didn’t have to show up in these dresses — we look like demi-gods when we show up. I want to be able to run around and not have my feet feeling like they’re going to fall off.”

“Common sense told me I should be terrified. Instead, I was relieved to finally understand. And I was filled with compassion for his suffering, even now, as he confessed his craving to take my life.”

“It bothers me that I can’t be outside very often. And also to not ever be ’some girl’ again. Just being some chick at some place, that’s gone.”